about the air action in kosovo in 99, you also have to talk about all the diplomatic action in 98. i mean, i was the american envoy, european union had an envoy, wolfgang petrich. the russians had an envoy, boris miasvfi. at tend of the day after going through months and months of this, finally going to an international conference in a french chateau, ultimately the a ail banyans said yes. serbs said no. when we did come to air action everyone understood it for what it was, which was a last resort. let me read you a quote. the kosovo campaign was less tidily packaged at the time than it appears in retrospect. when the bombing began nato had